After failing to get Mark Steines’ retaliation and wrongful-termination lawsuit tossed, Hallmark Channel’s owner is now aiming to have the former Home & Family co-host’s high-profile attorney Lisa Bloom pushed out of the case.
“This motion arises because Defendants retained The Bloom Firm, and that representation prevents The Bloom Firm from pursuing this adverse representation against Defendants,” Crown Media declared earlier this week in a lengthy federal court filing (read it here) seeking to have the Bloom Firm and its practicing namesake disqualified from the more than 2-month-old legal matter. “Defendants have not waived the conflict of interest and despite Defendants’ request for The Bloom Firm to withdraw as counsel, The Bloom Firm has refused,” the William Abbott-run company added, with a request for a hearing in downtown Los Angeles on January 7.
“Because of The Bloom Firm’s intimate knowledge of Defendants’ confidential facts that are directly related to Plaintiffs’ current lawsuit,...
“This motion arises because Defendants retained The Bloom Firm, and that representation prevents The Bloom Firm from pursuing this adverse representation against Defendants,” Crown Media declared earlier this week in a lengthy federal court filing (read it here) seeking to have the Bloom Firm and its practicing namesake disqualified from the more than 2-month-old legal matter. “Defendants have not waived the conflict of interest and despite Defendants’ request for The Bloom Firm to withdraw as counsel, The Bloom Firm has refused,” the William Abbott-run company added, with a request for a hearing in downtown Los Angeles on January 7.
“Because of The Bloom Firm’s intimate knowledge of Defendants’ confidential facts that are directly related to Plaintiffs’ current lawsuit,...
- 12/6/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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